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Italy: farm gate milk price and retail milk price
This page shows, in the given period, the comparison between farm gate milk price and retail fresh pasteurised milk price in Italy .

The graph evidences the remarkable question about the difference of the two prices, mainly due to the new type of retailing.

Some considerations may be made:

The retail milk price is the result of the economic return gained by each "milk player" (farmers, processors, retailers):
  • The Italian milk farmers have steady improved the milk quality investing in:
    • selecting genetically the cattle,
    • feeding research and
    • managing properly the farm in order to grant the well being of the animals and an optimal hygiene sanitary environment;

  • The Processors (manufacture companies) duly check and preserve milk quality and are in charge of :
    • heat treatment and packaging,
    • the logistic delivery plan, widening their own presence on the national territory
    • the advertising and marketing of the products calling in from the market the products next to expiry ("resi")

  • The Giant Retailers in Italy, last player of the "milk chain" has progressively replaced the boutiques/shops with regard to milk distribution. They have aided the widespread all dairy products all over the Italian territory.
 
Month 2023 2024 2025 ± on prev.
month. 		± % from
2024
January 60,00 50,00 (e)59,00 +2,61% +18,00%
February 57,50 50,00 (e)60,00 +1,69% +20,00%
March 57,50 50,50 (e)60,00 0,00% +18,81%
April 54,00 51,50 (e)60,00 0,00% +16,50%
May 53,00 51,50 (e)60,00 0,00% +16,50%
June 52,00 52,50 (e)60,00 0,00% +14,29%
July 51,50 53,50 (e)60,00 0,00% +12,15%
August 50,50 54,00 (e)60,00 0,00% +11,11%
September 50,00 54,50 (e)59,50 -0,83% +9,17%
October 49,50 55,00 (e)58,00 -2,52% +5,45%
November 49,00 56,00  
December 49,00 57,50  
Jan-Oct 53,55 52,30 59,65
Change¹ % +7,96% -2,33% +14,05%
Average 52,79 53,04
Change¹ % +3,18% +0,47%
Last Update:15-11-2025
1) change from the same period of previous year
The monthly, cumulative and annual prices are arithmetic averages calculated on the basis of the weekly prices
*: Euro per 100 lt. 3,7% fat and 3,25% proteins.
(e) = estimated price
Source: Processed by CLAL
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Month 2023 2024 2025 ± on prev.
month. 		± % from
2024
January 176,00 175,00 176,00 +0,57% +0,57%
February 177,00 174,00 176,00 0,00% +1,15%
March 176,00 174,00 176,00 0,00% +1,15%
April 177,00 174,00 177,00 +0,57% +1,72%
May 176,00 173,00  
June 176,00 173,00  
July 177,00 174,00  
August 178,00 175,00  
September 177,00 175,00  
October 175,00 174,00  
November 174,00 175,00  
December 175,00 175,00  
Jan-Apr 176,50 174,25 176,25
Change¹ % +20,27% -1,27% +1,15%
Average 176,17 174,25
Change¹ % +11,50% -1,09%
Last Update:06-06-2025
1) change from the same period of previous year
The monthly, cumulative and annual prices are arithmetic averages calculated on the basis of the weekly prices
Source: Milan Municipality; since January 2014 monthly average prices provided by the Ministry of Industry; Since January 2018 processed by CLAL
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